Luxury Minneapolis Hotels

Minneapolis is contiguous with another city, Saint Paul, which is the state capital and together they form the largest urban area in the state and center of its commerce, industry and culture. The industrial heritage of the city is associated with America's longest and most famous river, the Mississippi, which starts in Minnesota and winds its way through the Great Plains of the Midwest. Built around the river's greatest waterfall, Saint Anthony Falls, the fast flowing river powered the flour mills, the Great Plains contributed the raw materials, and a great industrial city was born.

Nowadays, the river provides recreation rather than industry and the new riverside developments of the city are as fabulous as they are functional. The stylish, contemporary riverside leisure spaces comprise the kinds of cafes, restaurants and bars which depict a city at the forefront of modern living and one which is popular with young professionals who come for the superb education, the high tech employment opportunities and the high standard of living. The city continually ranks high in all the aspects which make it a popular place in which to live, work and visit and it thrives on its growing reputation as a cool place. Luxury Minneapolis hotels are an integral part of the city's ongoing success.

While the down town area of the city is certainly modern in appearance and style, the city as a whole has an eclectic mix of architecture, with the best of it employed to the fullest extent in luxury Minneapolis hotels. Grand traditional hotels certainly have an elegance which comes from age and stature and some enjoy the further benefits of a beautiful lakeside setting. There are other resort style hotels which comprise a full range of leisure pursuits and activities, both within the hotel and in extensive grounds. These often take the form of sports courts, swimming pools, spas and other such luxurious ways in which to spend some quality leisure time.

Luxury Minneapolis hotels are as well equipped for business travelers as those on a leisure trip and some in the down town area can certainly match the top hotels anywhere in the world for doing business on the move. The city is a prime location for academic and business conferences and conferencing facilities are often directly associated with the city's top hotels. They will generally have a series of smaller boardrooms and seminar rooms too, which are often available for hire on an hourly, half day, or full day basis, with longer meetings incorporating catering and technology services as part of a package deal.

Business-oriented hotels in the city will often have a staffed business center and most luxury Minneapolis hotels will at least have areas set aside for the purpose, with internet ready computers and access to a selection of office equipment and services. The guest rooms and suites will have contemporary business features too, such as work desks with wired internet connectivity and direct dial telephones with functions for voice mail and speakerphone. Satellite televisions will provide access to news and finance channels, as well as the standard entertainment options. General hotel services may also be of use to the executive traveler, such as laundry, dry cleaning and shoe shine.

For everyone else the luxury Minneapolis hotels are all about the comforts and leisure options which come with luxury status. Leisure facilities may incorporate anything from multi-purpose gyms to hairdressers and high class boutiques but will certainly include superb environments for dining and for enjoying drinks with friends or colleagues. For style alone it is hard to beat some of the terrific boutique style hotels in the city which blend intimate unique styling with a commitment to providing the very highest levels of personal service. In these establishments the extent of the leisure facilities gives way to the superior quality of the rooms and public spaces within the hotel.

Additional features which come as standard with luxury Minneapolis hotels include room service, full in-room complimentary trays and mini bars, climate control and often optional extras such as airport transfers and extended accommodations in the form of executive suites. What these hotels also offer guests is access to the most popular parts of the city, not just in terms of their preferred city locations and available visitor information but in booking tickets for the main events, whether in sports or high culture or simply the best restaurants.

It is impossible not to find something to do in the city however long the stay and perhaps the best thing about staying in a luxury hotel are these opportunities, not just to make the most of superb and well appointed accommodation but also to make full use of the status and influence these establishments have in the city.